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X-Date: 2023-08-13T21:22:00Z
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X-Note-Id: f13a9fff-a1a7-4cc6-990d-048c81593d6f
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Subject: Playing SomaFM internet radio from the terminal
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X-Slug: somafm_internet_radio_from_terminal
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I don't know why, but the ease of just calling one terminal command when I need to play some background music
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is so habit-forming, that I just haven't been doing it any other way.
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In particular, whenever I need electronic music for writing code, I just write:
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somafm play cliqhop
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```
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This would play the [cliqhop](https://somafm.com/cliqhop/) station from SomaFM. It doesn't require any registration,
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and as soon as you're done listening - you just press ^C as usual for all terminal programs.
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You can get the source at [rockymadden/somafm-cli](https://github.com/rockymadden/somafm-cli). It is actually a single
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shell script that doesn't even need any compilation. Of all the third-party scripts, this one is something that I use
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most often.
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If you like the terminal in the way I do - give it a try. Otherwise you may as well try
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[Shortwave](https://apps.gnome.org/app/de.haeckerfelix.Shortwave/) (a lightweight GTK app).
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